Joachim Sauer

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Joachim Sauer
Joachim Sauer at the Royal Society admissions day in London, July 2018
Born	(1949-04-19) 19 April 1949 (age 75) Hosena, Saxony, Germany
Spouse	Angela Merkel ​ (m. 1998)​
Children	2
Awards	Foreign Member of the Royal Society (2018)[1]
Scientific career
Fields	Quantum chemistry
Institutions	Humboldt University of Berlin
Website	www.chemie.hu-berlin.de/de/forschung/quantenchemie/Group/js-1

Joachim Sauer ForMemRS (German pronunciation: [ˈjoːaxɪm ˈzaʊɐ]; born 19 April 1949) is a German quantum chemist and professor emeritus of physical and theoretical chemistry at the Humboldt University of Berlin. He is the husband of the former chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel. He is one of the seven members of the board of trustees of the Friede Springer Foundation, formerly together with since deceased former German president Horst Köhler and others.^[2][3]